It’s been, needless to say, a very long month. Feels like my head has been alternately in the clouds and under the ground. Time does heal and the pain and confusion are less… though my days seem to be filled with so much to do. I did manage to carve out a little time to … Continue reading Sketchin’ 106
Released in 1955, This Island Earth may not be considered a top tier science fiction film from that decade but it was a decent, I thought, work with quite good effects for its time. It also, I have to admit, had its share of cheese, which was fully exploited by the folks at Mystery Science … Continue reading Sketchin’ 105
Released in 1928, the tragic love story The Man Who Laughs, starring Conrad Veidt (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Casablanca), was based on a Victor Hugo novel and appears, at least nowadays, to be a somewhat forgotten film… except for one very important element: The character of Gwynplaine, the titular and tragic “man who laughs”, … Continue reading Sketchin’ 104
Promised this one quite a while back! John Astin, best known for The Addams Family, also played The Riddler -the second one- on the ‘60’s Batman TV show…
Here we have Louise Brooks (1906-1985) the actor who perhaps most embodied the female sexuality -and hedonism!- of the Jazz Age… Ms. Brooks’ movie career lasted between 1925 and 1938, with perhaps her best known role being in the 1929 film Pandora’s Box. I highly recommend checking out her biography on Wikipedia (you can read … Continue reading Sketchin’ 102
Been a little over a (*gulp*) year since I posted any new art. Here then we have Myrna Loy, the delightful, beautiful actor perhaps best known for her role in The Thin Man and the movie series which followed. Swoon…
Wow… the big 100! Today we have Carolyn Jones, best known for playing Morticia Addams in “The Addams Family”, as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds as she appeared on the Batman TV show! Ms. Jones was the second member of the Addams Family to appear on the Batman TV series. The first was Ted Cassidy who … Continue reading Sketchin’ 100
Been a while since working on the old Batman TV show characters. Here’s Vincent Price in the role of… Egghead! He would appear in that role for seven episodes.
Been a while… Have yourselves a “Giant” New Years! See you on the other side! 😉
We’re in early October and though I did quite a few movie monsters, there are plenty of creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and altogether ooky subjects to take on… Here then are John Astin and Carolyn Jones as Gomez and Morticia Addams…